#8A9979#8A9979

#8A9979 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.049 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9979
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(88, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -11.36, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 18.87, 127.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0303 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.049 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3231, 29.5661, 22.4582)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9979 #887999

analogous

#999879 #8A9979 #7A9979

triadic

#8A9979 #798A99 #99798A

tetradic

#8A9979 #799998 #887999 #99797A

square

#8A9979 #799998 #887999 #99797A

split-complementary

#8A9979 #797A99 #987999

monochromatic

#4C5642 #6B795C #8A9979 #A8B39C #C7CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#8A9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9979

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9979	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.049 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb79f',
    500: '#8a9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9979;
$custom-light: #acb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.125,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66211,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9979

secondary

#B6B0BE

accent

#71B692

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9979

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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